Software better at tackling IS propaganda, Facebook says
Facebook on Monday said new detection tools wielded by its counterterrorism team are quickly detecting and removing extremist propaganda for the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda.
Facebook on Monday said new detection tools wielded by its counterterrorism team are quickly detecting and removing extremist propaganda for the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda.
Internet
Apr 24, 2018
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Drug trafficking does help facilitate terrorist activity, but it is more often linked to local militant groups instead of well-known international terrorist organizations, according to a new study that includes a University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2018
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Deakin University researchers have used science fiction to understand terrorist propaganda techniques in an innovative study.
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2018
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A fascinating trait of mass murderers and terrorists is that they often leave a lengthy manifesto detailing the impetus for their actions.
Software
Nov 15, 2017
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What went though the mind of the suicide bomber Salman Abedi just before he blew himself up in Manchester this week, killing 22 people? We often dismiss terrorists as non-humans, monsters, at first. But when we learn that ...
Social Sciences
May 29, 2017
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This year's Andrew Carnegie fellows will delve into a wide range of issues—including immigration, the refugee crisis, American election processes and global violence against women in politics.
Other
Apr 26, 2017
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Introducing new security measures for the airline industry is rarely done lightly by governments. Certainly it's underpinned by the responsibility to ensure passenger safety. But it's not clear how effective the recent ban ...
Other
Mar 24, 2017
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Field research, especially on the ground with youths engaged in violent extremism or susceptible to it, is needed to inform machine learning in mining vast amounts of field data that could improve an understanding of the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2017
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Paying ransoms to terrorist kidnappers may encourage more abductions and worsen the situation for others, according to new research from UT Dallas.
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2016
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For decades researchers have considered democratic nations as elevated and vulnerable targets to transnational terrorism, partially because terrorist groups can operate more easily in a free society and plan an attack.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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